Details
- Release: Jul 07 1960
- Runtime: 128 min
- Language: English
- Budget: $2,000,000
- Revenue: $2,000,000
Overview
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
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Credits
Gene Kelly
E.K. Hornbeck
Claude Akins
Rev. Jeremiah Brown
Dick York
Bertram T. Cates
Harry Morgan
Judge Mel
Norman Fell
WGN Radio Technician
John Alban
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Noah Beery Jr.
John Stebbins
Ray Teal
Jessie H. Dunlap
Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond
Will Wright
Bible Salesman (uncredited)
Elliott Reid
Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Frank Mills
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Paul Hartman
Bailiff Mort Meeker
Bert Stevens
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Dr. John (uncredited)
Hope Summers
Mrs. Krebs - Righteous Townswoman
Addison Richards
Townsman (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Townsman (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Dr. Amos Keller (uncredited)